02-01-2018, 04:39 PM
EAST - WEST AIRLINES
*First private airline in India
Ans : East West Airlines
*The Policy of India Government which led to the formation of East West Airlines
Ans : Open Skies
*East West Airlines began its operations in
Ans : 1992
*The Airline ceased operation in
Ans : 1996
Greem Field
*The first Greenfield airport in India
Ans : Rajiv Gandhi International Air port, Hyderabad, (2008)
*First greenfiled airport in north-east India
Ans : Pakyong Airport (Sikkim)
*The first private Greenfield airport in India
Ans : Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, Durgapur (West Bengal)
*Port Blair Airport has been renamed as
Ans : Veer Savarkar International Airport
*Dum Dum Airport is now known as
Ans : Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Civil Aviation Kerala
*The first airline service from Kerala
Ans : Thiruvananthapuram - Mumbai (1935)
*The state having most number of International Airport in India
Ans : Tamilnadu and Kerala (3 Nos)
*The international airports in Kerala are
Ans : Thiruvananthapuram, Nedumbassery and Karipur
*Thiruvananthapuram Airport was declared as the International Airport in
Ans : 1991
*Nedumbassery Airport was declared as the International Airport
Ans : 1999
*Karipoor or Kozhikode Airport was declared as the International Airport in
Ans : 2006
*The fourth international airport to be constructed in Kerala,
Ans : Murkhan Parambu (Kannur)
*The company which has the responsibility to build Kannur airport
Ans : KINFRA
*The first airport built by the help of private sector
Ans : Nedumbassery
*The only airport in India which is not underAirport authority of India
Ans : Kochi (Under Indian Defence Department)
